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McHistory goes back in time to explore big moments and small stories from McLean County history. McHistory episodes can be heard periodically on WGLT's Sound Ideas.
Bloomington-Normal had only one documented lynching.
This episode of McHistory produced by WGLT's Mary Cullen tells of the gruesome death of Charles Pierce.
In October 1881, a mob of residents incited the lynching. Pierce was a white man accused of horse theft and murder.
The voices of McLean County Museum of History Librarian Bill Kemp and museum volunteer Doug Williamson were featured in this episode.
